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ICU Charge Nurse. Proctors' Bulldog. Words in Departmental Safety Reminders.

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Nov 23

'As a patient I would rather have a good nurse than a good physician. A physician gives his blessing, the surgeon does the operation - but it is the nurse who does the work.'

Sir Henry Souttar. No. 1 Belgian Field Hospital, Antwerp. 1915.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 1d

The past few weeks have felt like another decade heaped on top.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 1d

This week (thereabouts) I will have served 10 years in the NHS.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 6d

I turned up in an Oxford reel again.
Potentially threatening caption.

Screenshot from an Instagram reel.
I'm stood behind ornate gates wearing a suit, bowler hat and resting on an umbrella, my moustache is visible.

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 13d

Very lucky to meet the Maori delegation yesterday and be a part of this in a little way*.

*repeatedly walking into the background of the news cameras.

Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 14d

The first indigenous woman to study at Oxford has officially received her degree nearly 100 years after she started studying.

Mākereti Papakura receives posthumous degree at Oxford after nearly a century

The first indigenous woman to study at Oxford has officially received her degree nearly 100 years after she started studying.

www.teaonews.co.nz

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Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · 14d

I had the most fantastic time presenting my paper ''Wykud spyritus þat wonon in þat wylde place': Folk Horror in Middle English Sermon Exempla' at @standrewsenglish.bsky.social. I couldn't have asked for a warmer audience with more interesting questions, what a wonderful place!

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 16d

Agnes I'm so sorry, speak to the Nurse in Charge, that's so inconsiderate

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 16d

Last medal is the French Médaille Militaire

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 26d

Wardable patients complaining about the yoghurt choices whilst I'm in the next bed hand ventilating a peri-arrest.

Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 27d

I love Homer's body here

Still from the television show the Simpsons showing Homer laying facedown on a bed in the retirement home while a dejected looking nurse stands next to him and Homer looks angrily offscreen. Text reads "and here I am, using my own lungs like a sucker"

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · 28d

Love following the progress on this project, it's so interesting!

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you, Mary ❤️

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Sep 6

My department and my colleagues both nursing and medical have been nothing but supportive. However the 'system' let me down. At no point did I receive acknowledgement of myself or the event (mentioned in national news) from any member of senior management, no support from legal services.

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Sep 6

This week I was informed that the Crown Prosecution Service had made a 'very difficult decision' to no longer pursue conviction on my charge of 'Assault on an Emergency Worker'. Though King will remain as charged and it will 'lie on file', the sentence handed down in August being sufficient.

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Sep 6

Amongst a number of charges against the patient, mine was 'severed' by the defence as a separate event. After being on standby in April this year, it was again adjourned until November. In August, Jason King stood trial and was sentenced for the other offences.
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Man who shot police officer after stabbing a member of the public jailed – High Wycombe

A man who shot a Thames Valley Police officer with a crossbow after stabbing a member of the public has today (20/8) been jailed for his offences.

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Sep 2

Me, stood before a patient sustained by every mechanical medical intervention we can provide, as a relative speaks at length telling me how they hate the NHS because of one interaction with a GP receptionist in 1982.

Salisbury Healthcare History @salisbury-history.bsky.social · Sep 2

We've been examining portraits in our collections, especially this one of Adeline Cable (1864–1944) pioneering nurse who served during the Boer War in South Africa. In 1907 she became Matron of Salisbury Infirmary, a position she held for 18 years, salisburyhealthcarehistory.uk/adeline-cable/

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Radio Ga Ga but @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social!

Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · Sep 1

A little while ago I was interviewed by the lovely Julian Morrow at ABC Radio about my @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Publishing book ✨Book Curses✨, and it aired a few weekends ago!

The colourful language of book cursing - ABC listen

Books have always aroused strong emotions in people. So much so that book owners throughout history have written curses in the front of the book to deter their theft or damage. Some of them are funny ...

www.abc.net.au

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Aug 22

It caused a stir in the 'green, I can tell you.

Windy Miller, lugging a sack of corn, stands aghast before a statue of a medieval scribe riding a Wyvern.
PC McGarry (No. 452) takes notes.

I am still ill.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Aug 12

Never say I don't empower my patients!

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Aug 12

After a year in career development purgatory due to factors rather out of my control (being attacked at work lmao) I'm finally signed off as an independent ICU Coordinator. In celebration this current night shift is absolute carnage.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Aug 10

Me handing over ICU in the morning.

John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · Aug 7

At least I can say I tried. I didn’t try, but I can say I did.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Aug 6

Pre-ferment post-oven.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Aug 5

Unexpectedly being called a 'fucking wanker' by a patient isn't great, but when they're intubated, ventilated, slightly sedated, and communicating through mouthing words and mime you've got to admire their tenacity.

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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Jul 28

Preach! (Dad is chuffed with the shout out)
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Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Feb 22

My Dad joined NHS Direct from ICU in the late 90s. They were all experienced clinicians with diverse backgrounds and knowledge, importantly skilled in history taking and triage. Calls began and ended with them with advice or actions.
111's '20 questions and good luck' doesn't compare. So sad.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Feb 22

This piece about the NHS’s responsibility for the preventable death of the writer’s brother is really heartbreaking. And it will also really resonate for anyone who has had to seek care through NHS 111 — which as the piece points out, replaced NHS Direct, a service staffed by actual nurses, in 2014.

Robert Culshaw @robertculshaw.bsky.social · Jul 24

Back pain flare up has me lying on the living room floor.
Maybe the patient moving and handling structure of 'needs four people to roll, or two people and Rob' needs review.

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Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · Jul 17

In case it is of any use, I recently did a recorded talk for @ballioloxford.bsky.social Access & Outreach about transitioning from A-Level to undergraduate English Literature study, aimed at Year 11s and 12s. Do share if it is of any use to students/ teachers/ academics or anyone else!

Mind The Gap - Making the Transition from A Level to Degree Level English

YouTube video by Balliol College, Oxford

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Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · Jul 14

I had a great time at @imc-leeds.bsky.social presenting my ideas about folk horror and John Mirk's Festial exempla (more to come, hopefully...)

Ignore that I spelled example wrong in my slide. That was to keep the audience on their toes, obviously.

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